Drenthe
English
Etymology
From Dutch Drenthe, see below.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛntə/
- Rhymes: -ɛntə
Proper noun
Drenthe
- A province in the northeastern Netherlands with Assen as capital and Emmen as largest city.
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch [Term?], from late Old Dutch Drente, from earlier Old Dutch Thrente, from Old Dutch Thriente, from Old Dutch Thrianta (also Old Dutch Threant), from *thrie (“three”) + *hant-. Beware that these attestations come to us via copies of Latin texts, and may therefore be affected by transcription errors and phonological adaptation. De Vries thought *hant- means community or part of the area where a people live; if so that would mean that Drenthe originally consisted of just three dingspelen (“judicial areas”) rather than the six it has had since our earliest records. Compare Twente. Attested both with and without h from early Modern Dutch; the form with h is now standard, although this doesn't affect the pronunciation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛn.tə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Dren‧the
- Rhymes: -ɛntə
Proper noun
Drenthe n
- Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands
- Meronyms: Aa en Hunze, Assen, Borger-Odoorn, Coevorden, De Wolden, Emmen, Hoogeveen, Meppel, Midden-Drenthe, Noordenveld, Tynaarlo, Westerveld
Derived terms
- Drentenaar, Drent
- Drents
- Midden-Drenthe
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁɑ̃t/
Proper noun
Drenthe f
- Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)
Derived terms
- Drenthois
- drenthois
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁˈɛntə/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Drenthe n (proper noun, genitive Drenthes or (optionally with an article) Drenthe)
- Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)
Declension
See also
- Drenthe
- Flevoland
- Friesland
- Gelderland
- Groningen
- Limburg
- Nordbrabant
- Nordholland
- Overijssel
- Seeland
- Südholland
- Utrecht
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛn.tɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛntɛ
- Syllabification: Dren‧the
Proper noun
Drenthe n (indeclinable)
- Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)
See also
Further reading
- Drenthe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Drenthe f
- Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)